Florida Board of Medicine

The Florida Board of Medicine fined and reprimanded Dr. Candace Sue Cooley, who did not comply in 2022 with a law requiring 24-hour waiting periods before abortions can be performed.

The ruling in Doe v. Ladapo found that SB 254 and the related medical board rules violate the equal protection rights of transgender individuals and parents of minors in Florida.

These six new forms for minors and adults go over possible risks of treatment.

Many transgender adults are grappling with the state's new health landscape after state boards issued new rules for care at the end of June.

The rules are related to providing transgender treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone-replacement therapy to children and adults, carrying out part of a new law championed by Gov. DeSantis.

Physicians will be able to renew orders for puberty blockers and hormone therapy children and adults as long as no changes are made to the prescriptions. The Board of Medicine previously approved the rule.

Families of the plaintiffs and their advocates are celebrating after a federal judge allowed three adolescents to access care while a lawsuit is underway.

While the preliminary injunction applies to only three of the children in the lawsuit, the judge indicated the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is unconstitutional. The state, however, says the law remains in effect except for those in the case.

Transgender patients say their doctors have been holding off on prescribing treatments as they wait for new consent forms. Medical boards are proposing to allow them to continue for now.

The Joint Rules and Legislative Committee of the medical boards will meet Thursday in Tampa.